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Brian Dawson – Brian Dawson works on the ADO.NET Entity Framework team as a Program Manager, and has been with Microsoft for a short time. Brian’s has 10+ years creating software for consumers, SMB, and enterprise-level organizations. He has had many different roles from developing and managing software and support teams. He focuses on delivering software which customer’s find useful. Brian lives in Washington with his wife and three kids where he one day hopes to own the next triple crown winning horse.

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